[Dropcap]T[/dropcap]he latest Cask Report 2015-16 is out now and you can download it here. Written by Pete Brown at a time when cask ale is in sustained volume growth, it contains up-to-date information and commentary on the state of the UK cask industry and...
An early Easter, and the impact of the World Cup 2014, resulted in disappointing beer sales in the second quarter of 2015, according to the latest figures from the British Beer & Pub Association’s Quarterly Beer Barometer. Total sales were 5.6 per cent lower in Q2...
As brewers and beer drinkers converge at Olympia for the Great British Beer Festival, the Cask Matters group is urging everyone involved in serving cask beer in pubs and bars to sign up for its Cask Beer Uncovered e-learning programme. Some 60,000 drinkers are...
Foodservice industry figures from global information provider The NPD Group show that pubs are increasingly more a place for eating and less a venue for ‘a quick pint’. Half of the British population now visits a pub at least once per month. This is a higher visitor...
Each month Greene King publishes its Leisure Spend Tracker based on an omnibus questionnaire in order to provide greater insights into consumer discretionary spending. The Tracker (which you can download) focuses on spending patterns across leisure sectors such as...
SIBA has just launched a strategic plan setting out its aims for the next three years called Delivering the Future of British Beer. The plan, the organisation’s first, has been developed to ensure continued success for the independent brewing sector, which has thrived...
